Proportion

Big.

Little.

It's all about proportion.

Take peas, for example.

Give them a chance.

 

I once wrote a long essay on peas,

but here's something new:

 

When a grandchild who is now 15

was in his teen months—

say, 18 or 19 months—

just cutting his teeth on language,

I was one day supervising his snack:

a little dish of cooked peas.

He held a pea between his

tiny thumb and index finger,

inspected it,

then pronounced:

"Ball!"

 

I still think that was a moment of genius,

of abstract reasoning beyond his years.

 

On the other hand, maybe he was just babbling,

trying out sounds,

and the interpretation was simply

that of a besotted nana.

But if I heard correctly,

perhaps the word presaged

that once-little boy's

current brilliance

as a baseball pitcher.

 

 

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